Little progress was made Monday as a man accused of drug trafficking – after Stratford police said they found six pounds of weed in a vehicle during a roadside sobriety checkpoint – returned to court.

Defence lawyer Amy Robern said the lack of headway was due to her client, Dinh Nguyen, missing an appointment with her last week.

“We’ve scheduled another appointment for … Wednesday of this week,” she said to the judge inside a Stratford courtroom.

Ontario Court Justice Kathryn McKerlie said it’s “extremely important” that Nguyen, a 47-year-old Burlington resident, meet his obligations, as a Vietnamese interpreter must be brought in for his court appearances.

“He’s very apologetic,” Robern responded.

McKerlie approved Robern’s request to have the case adjourned to April 29 to either resolve it or set a date for trial. Robern confirmed she will have a Crown pre-trial in the meantime.

Stratford police said they allegedly found the sizeable amount of weed while stopping approximately 700 vehicles at checkpoints around Stratford, St. Marys and Perth South on Dec. 11. The drugs were seized and two male occupants from Burlington were arrested, police said at the time.

Veh stopped during @RIDEcheck last night resulted in over 6lbs of illegal cannabis being seized and two males arrested/charged under new Cannabis Act. 3 Roadside breath tests were also conducted with 1 3-day suspension issued during the RIDE #drivesoberpic.twitter.com/ykRVEAwAyz